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Google Summer of Code 2011 GNOME Project

Add OTR support to Telepathy/Empathy for XMPP

by João Paulo Rechi Vita for GNOME Project

Off-the-Record is a cryptographic protocol designed for instant-messaging which tries to mimic real-world conversations warranties, providing secure end-to-end communication through encryption, peer authentication, perfect forward secrecy, and deniability. This is not only import for people living in places were their basic privacy and freedom of speech is threatened by governments, but also for common people looking for a way to guarantee privacy on their conversations.